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The first major biography of the glamorous and scandalous Miriam Leslie, titan of publishing and an unsung hero of womena⁺є??s suffrage A⁺є A⁺є A⁺є℗¡ Among the fabled tycoons of the Gilded Agea⁺є??Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilta⁺є??is a forgotten figure: Mrs. Frank Leslie. For twenty years she ran the countrya⁺є??s largest publishing company, Frank Leslie Publishing, which chronicled postbellum America in dozens of weeklies and monthlies. A pioneer in an all-male industry, she made a fortune and became a national celebrity and tastemaker in the process. But Miriam Leslie was also a byword for scandal: She flouted feminine convention, took lovers, married four times, and harbored unsavory secrets that she concealed through a skein of lies and multiple personas. Both before and after her lifetime, glimpses of the truth emerged, including an illegitimate birth and a checkered youth. A⁺є A⁺є A⁺є A⁺є℗¡A⁺є℗¡ Diamonds and DeadlinesA⁺є℗¡ reveals the unknown, sensational life of the brilliant and brazen a⁺є??empress of journalism,a⁺є?℗ح who dropped a bombshell at her death: She left her entire multimillion-dollar estate to womena⁺є??s suffragea⁺є??a never-equaled amount that guaranteed passage of the Nineteenth Amendment. In this dazzling biography, cultural historian Betsy Prioleau draws from diaries, genealogies, and published works to provide an intimate look at the life of one of the Gilded Age's most complex, powerful women and unexpected feminist icons. Ultimately,A⁺є℗¡ Diamonds and DeadlinesA⁺є℗¡ restores Mrs. Frank Leslie to her rightful place in history, as a monumental businesswoman whoA⁺є℗¡presaged the feminist future and reflected, in bold relief, the Gilded Age, one of the most momentous, seismic, and vivid epochs in American history. |
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Electronic reproduction. New York : Abrams Press, 2022. Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 3603 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
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Nonfiction.
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Biography & Autobiography.
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Electronic books.
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Original 9781468314502 |
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9781468314519 (electronic bk) |
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